Photo Credit: South China Morning Post Economy, Investment and Trade Indonesia’s Batam to benefit from Apple supplier relocation (27 June 2019) Apple product manufacturer Pegatron will establish a US$40 million factory in
Photo credit: VNA TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT LAOS, VIETNAM Laos, Vietnam investment ministries to enhance cooperation (22 June 2019) Vietnamese planning and investment minister Nguyen Chi Dung’s working visit to Laos concluded
Photo Credit: Bangkok Post Economy, Investment and Trade Apple explores moving 15-30% of production capacity from China to Southeast Asia (19 June 2019) Apple Inc has asked its major suppliers to explore
HIGHLIGHTS June 2019 BI meeting Bank Indonesia left the 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate (7DRRR) at 6% but decided to lower Rupiah reserve requirement by 50bp, effective 1 July 2019. Dovish turn in global monetary
Photo credit: baochinhphu.vn TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM, MYANMAR Laos and Vietnam to boost cooperation through infrastructure projects (18 June 2019) Vietnam is now Myanmar’s ninth largest trade partner with two-way trade
Photo Credit: Bangkok Post Economy, Investment and Trade Guangdong investors to build a digital park in Thailand’s EEC (12 June 2019) Chinese investors from Guangdong province are actively seeking business opportunities as
HIGHLIGHTS May 2019 trade NODX slumped 15.9% yoy in May, the slowest since March 2016, dampened by weaknesses in non-electronics and electronics. Singapore’s trade outlook would likely remain bleak as the downturn in electronics
Photo credit: Vietnam News TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT LAOS, VIETNAM Laos and Vietnam to boost cooperation through infrastructure projects (6 June 2019) Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s visit to Hanoi for talks
HIGHLIGHTS May 2019 CPI inflation Headline inflation in May accelerated past 3% for the first time this year, to reach a 13-month high of 3.3% yoy. Seasonally-higher demand during Ramadan was the key contributor
Photo Credit: Myanmar Times Economy, Investment and Trade Three locations identified in Myanmar for China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (7 June 2019) Myanmar and Chinese officials have named Muse and Chin Shwe Haw in